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ArticleBMJ open2021

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among school and daycare children and personnel: protocol for a cohort study in Montreal, Canada.

Kate Zinszer, Britt McKinnon, Noémie Bourque, Monica Zahreddine, Katia Charland, Jesse Papenburg, Geneviève Fortin, Marie-Ève Hamelin, Adrien Saucier, Alex Apostolatos and 9 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Kate ZinszerDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada kate.zinszer@umontreal.ca.
Britt McKinnonCentre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3109-5474
Noémie BourqueCentre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Monica ZahreddineCentre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Katia CharlandCentre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jesse PapenburgMcGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Geneviève FortinDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marie-Ève HamelinCentre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Adrien SaucierDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Alex ApostolatosFaculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Laura PierceCentre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ashley Savard-LamotheDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Julie CarbonneauCentre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Patricia ConrodDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Nancy HaleyDirection régionale de la santé publique de Montréal du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Isabelle LaurinDirection régionale de la santé publique de Montréal du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Guy BoivinCentre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Gaston De SerresInstitut national de sante publique du Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Caroline QuachLe Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFurther evidence is needed to understand the contribution of schools and daycares for the spread of COVID-19 in the context of diverse transmission dynamics and continually evolving public health interventions. The Enfants et COVID-19: Étude de séroprévalence (EnCORE) study will estimate the seroprevalence and seroconversion of SARS-CoV-2 among school and daycare children and personnel. In addition, the study will examine associations between seroprevalence and sociodemographic characteristics and reported COVID-19 symptoms and tests, and investigates changes in health, lifestyle and well-being outcomes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study includes children and personnel from 62 schools and daycares in four neighbourhoods in Montreal, Canada. All children aged 2-17 years attending one of the participating schools or daycares and their parents are invited to participate, as well as a sample of personnel members. Participants respond to brief questionnaires and provide blood samples, collected via dried blood spot, at baseline (October 2020-March 2021) and follow-up (May-June 2021). Questionnaires include sociodemographic and household characteristics, reported COVID-19 symptoms and tests, potential COVID-19 risk factors and prevention efforts and health and lifestyle information. Logistic regression using generalised estimating equations will be used to estimate seroprevalence and seroconversion, accounting for school-level clustering. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study was approved by the research ethics boards of the Université de Montréal (CERSES) and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine. Results will contribute to our knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools and daycares and will be made available to study participants and their families, school and public health decision-makers and the research community.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralCanadaChildCohort StudiesHumansSchoolsSeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, Viralcommunity child healthCOVID-19epidemiologypublic health

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PMID34244288
PMCPMC8275359

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